Karl Strauss upcoming releases:
Karl Strauss
Brewing Co. has three releases in the coming months. Starting
Thursday, customers can purchase 22-ounce bottles or drafts of Big
Barrel Douple IPA. And beginning Nov. 1, Fullsuit Belgian-Style
Brown Ale, the company's winter seasonal, will be available in
12-ounce bottles and on draft. In mid-November, Two Tortugas will
be released in 22-ounce bottles and on draft. The Belgian-inspired
Quadruple Ale is the second in the company's 12 Days of Christmas
holiday ales series. Go to www.karlstrauss.com .

Local woman releases cookbook:
Celine
Cossou-Bordes has released "Cooking With Trader Joe's: Pack a
Lunch," which uses Trader Joe's as a "prep kitchen" to make
lunches. The 272-page book from Brown Bag Publishers retails for
$24.95; go to www.cookTJ.com .

Mama's Kitchen bake sale:
Mama's Kitchen will
host its seventh Mama's Pie in the Sky Thanskgiving Bake Sale
beginning Monday. Pies are $20 each and benefit Mama's Kitchen,
which offers meals to those in the San Diego community affected by
cancer and AIDS. Order pies online at www.mamaspies.org, or call
619-233-6262. Pies are on sale through Nov. 21; varieties include
pumpkin, pecan, apple and no-sugar-added apple; pies will be
delivered throughout the county for pickup Nov. 23, just before
Thanksgiving. Go to www.mamaskitchen.org .

Del Mar cafe wins airport concession:
Pacific
Breeze Cafe has signed a 10-year concession agreement to operate a
restaurant at San Diego's Lindbergh Field airport. The Pacific San
Diego outlet will serve breakfast fare, soups, salads, sandwiches,
coffee drinks and cocktails. Other locally owned restaurants signed
to airport concessions are the Cohn Restaurant Group, which will
operate a Vin De Syrah wine bar, Ryan Bros. Coffee and Jack in the
Box.

Sausages feature local brews:
Iowa Meat Farms
and Siesel's butcher shops are now carrying sausages made with
locally brewed spirits. Old Viscosity Pork Shoulder Brats feature
Old Viscosity dark ale from Port Brewing Co. in San Marcos ($4.49 a
pound). And Hard Cider and Wild Boar Sausages are made with Julian
Hard Cider ($7.99 a pound). Visit bestmeatssandiego.com .